The Legacy of Homer

Author: Emmanuel Schwartz
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0300109180

The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

From its founding in 1648, the AcadAmie royale de peinture et de sculpture and its successor, the Acole nationale supArieure des beaux-arts in Paris, were devoted to the Greek model. Download The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Mythology and poetry, along with the study of sculpture, were the foundations of academic teaching there. As a result, Greek gods and heroes were reborn in innumerable works by pupils and teachers of the Acole. This lavishly illustrated book explores the impact of the poet Homer on four centuries of French artists through the lens of the Acole's superb collections of paintings, prints, and sculptures.The Acole was the most important venue for academic training of artists in Europe as well as for many nineteenth-century American artists who studied in Paris Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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